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  The Escuminac Hurricane capsized 22 fishing boats off the coast of New Brunswick

  Between June 18 and 21, 1959, an Atlantic hurricane caused one of New Brunswick’s worst fishing-related disasters. The incident, called the 1959 Escuminac disaster, killed 35 Read More »

• Smithsonian expert urges caution, patience on blue crab recovery

  The results are in, 2016 is going to be a good year for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay. An iconic figure embedded in the culture Read More »
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  Economic Resumption? Business Picks up Pace in China, Global Recovery Pace Uncertain

  China’s business and travel activities are steadily recovering after being disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak, but rapidly rising infections globally will pose a challenge to the Read More »
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  The sardine war hits a lull: Commercial fishing industry lands a victory in Pacific sardine management

  The Pacific Fishery Management Council, which oversees fishing of Pacific sardines, voted unanimously in September to maintain the current sardine fishery management process that calls for Read More »
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  Ostego Bay Foundation Working Waterfront Tour returns

  The shrimping industry has been a staple of the economy on Fort Myers Beach and San Carlos Island for decades, bringing in hefty hauls of the Read More »
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  Ronald R. Fatulli, Lobsterman/Businessman of Middletown, RI, has passed away – Worked seven days a week.

  Ronnie was born and raised in New Bedford, MA to the late Raymond and Jennie (Salvati) Fatulli. He served in the United States Army, stationed in Read More »
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  Speech from the Throne recognizes both Indigenous rights and conservation as objectives for the fishery

  The Government of Canada, in the recent Speech from the Throne has explicitly recognized the twin objectives of both reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and conservation of the Read More »
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  Canada considers mandatory EPIRB’s on all fishing vessels, shift Coast Guard from DFO to Transport Canada

  An emergency distress beacon should be made mandatory on all commercial fishing vessels in Canada within two years, according to a Senate study released Thursday that Read More »
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  Kyle Richard Craig 37, of Sedro Woolley, WA, a Commercial Fisherman, has passed away

  Kyle was born on February 6, 1984 in Seattle, WA to Rick and LoRayne Craig of Lynnwood, WA. Kyle was raised in Lynnwood, where as a Read More »
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  Samaritans, U.S.C.G. rescue fishing boat captain from ‘communications dead zone’ near Sitka

  A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka medevaced a man in cardiac distress from a fishing vessel in West Crawfish Inlet on Aug. 19. Watchstanders Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 50′ Split Wheelhouse FBR Offshore Lobster, CAT 3406 B, Onan 8.5 kW Genset

  Specifications, information and 9 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >Click here< 11:35 Read More »

• Coast Guard outlines F/V Osprey case response – “There is a Coast Guard policy of how and when we send helicopters,,

  He explained that statistics show a person undergoing chest compressions will typically survive for under an hour without access to a heart defibrillator. A Coast Guard Read More »

• Clinton Outlines Policy on Coasts, Oceans in Response to Letter from 115 Ocean Leaders

  Like it or not, surfers are stakeholders. A group of people with skin in the game regarding the health of our oceans. That manifests itself differently Read More »

• Fiji police investigate high-seas shooting video

  A mobile phone left behind in a Suva taxi by an Asian fishing boat crewman is at the heart of a horrific video showing the killing Read More »
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  Prince William Sound season’s catch nears 56 million fish, statewide harvest now tops 201 million salmon

  Statewide preliminary data compiled by ADF&G showed an overall harvest of 201 million fish, including 124.8 million pink, 55.3 million sockeye, 17.3 million chum, 3.4 million Read More »
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  Some fishing expected in Egegik and Igushik this week, and Port Moller test effort underway

  The Port Moller Test Fishery made its first sets this weekend, catching 12 then 20 sockeye on its out-and-back from stations 2 to 12. A little Read More »

• Maine Department of Marine Resources proposes rules for 2013-14 scallop season

  Like last year, the is proposing to limit scallop fishing along most of the coast to 70 days and in Cobscook Bay to 44 days. Fishermen still Read More »

• Some Inconvenient Truths about California Squid Marketing: C W P A responds to Paul Greenberg’s “The long journey of local seafood to your plate”,

  On July 11 the Los Angeles Times carried an opinion editorial “The long journey of local seafood to your plate”, by author Paul Greenberg, who made Read More »

• Over 200,000 people without power across New England as winter storm winds down. That’s where we were. No Power!

  Hundreds of thousands were without power after a storm a winter storm brought snow and heavy rain through New England Saturday. Around 50,000 customers are without Read More »

• Fishermen Using Experimental Lionfish Traps

  The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is advising the public that several commercial fishermen will be using “experimental lionfish traps” this summer, and said boaters Read More »

• 2 commercial fishermen accused of robbing stone-crab traps

  State wildlife officers nabbed two suspected stone-crab trap robbers Friday afternoon near Ballast Key with the help of some eyes in the sky. Both men are Read More »

• Another Crackpot ENGO, Another ESA Lawsuit against the NMFS

  Defenders of fish with funny names — including the blackchin guitar fish, the violin fish and porbeagle shark — sued the federal government Wednesday, demanding the Read More »

• A look at the global eel trade reveals widespread fraud – In Japan, 9.6 tons of baby eels magically appeared in 2015

  The glass eel trade is coming under international scrutiny. Already, cultured eels account for more than 99% of the world’s supplies. But the farming of these Read More »

• Fish panel snubs U.S., Canada limits Gloucester Daily Times

   NOAA’s New England Fishery Management Council Wednesday heaped derision on a joint assessment of yellowtail flounder conducted jointly by U.S. and Canadian scientists, then trashed the Read More »
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  Rachel Irene, Wild Wild West win at Bass Harbor boat races

  Sun-baked racers looked as red as the cooked version of their daily catch once prizes were doled out at the 8th Annual Bass Harbor Lobster Boat Read More »